To:THE DUTCH COMMUNISTS[1]

Published:First published in 1942 inLenin Miscellany XXXIV.

      Printed from the handwritten copy.

      Translated from the German.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1975,

      Moscow,Volume 44,

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14. X. 1919

DearFriends,

Isend you best greetings. Our position is very difficult
owing to the offensive of 14 states. We are making the
greatest efforts. The communist movement in all countries is
growing remarkably. The Soviet system has everywhere
become a practical slogan for the working masses. This
is a step forward of tremendous world-historic significance.The victory of the international proletarian revolution,
despite everything, is inevitable.

Yours,N. Lenin

[1]Theletter was written at the request of the Dutch Communist,
S. Rutgers, who was sent by the Executive Committee of the
Communist International to Holland to organise there the
West-European Bureau of the Communist International.